Prof. Dr. Sonthya Vanichvatana
Dean
Email: sonthyaVnc@au.edu
BACKGROUND EDUCATION:
| 1993 | Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering and Management) UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Berkeley, U.S.A. (1988-1989 Ph.D. Candidate, Construction Engineering and Management, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, Austin, U.S.A) |
| 1987 | M.S.C.E., Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering and Management) UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, U.S.A. |
| 1985 | B.Arch, Architecture Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand 1st Ranked of the Class, Bhumibol Scholarship |
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
| 1997-present | Chairperson, Department of Real Estate, Faculty of Risk Management and Industrial Services, Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand |
| 2008-2018 | Special Lecturer, Master of Public Health Mahidol University, Faculty of Public Health Teaching Courses: Health Care Regulations Lecture Topic: Management of Healthcare Building and Environment |
| 2004-2007 | Program Leader, Mini-MBA in Real Estate Business ABAC Business Training & Consulting Center, Assumption University (City Campus) Emporium Tower 19th Floor |
| 1999-2001 | Lecturer “Low Rise Building Cost Valuation” Course, Real Estate Valuation Program for Government Housing Bank Continuing Education Program for Business, Thammasart University |
| 1998 - 2000 | Lecturer “Financial Management in Construction” Course, Master Degree, Construction Engineering and Management Program, Department of Civil Engineering, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi |
| 1995- 1998 | Director in Academic Thai Real Estate Association - Organize a 3-month course with SASIN Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chularlongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand “Real Estate Investment: Strategic and Decision (REI)” - Organize a 3-day short course in Real Estate Finance and Real Estate Marketing |
| 1994 | Lecturer “Computer Applications for Construction Management”Course, Master Degree, Construction Management Program, Civil Engineering Department Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand |
| 1990-1993 | Teaching Assistant to Professor David B. Ashley Department of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A. |
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATE AND CONTRIBUTIONS:
| 1994-present | The Thai Real Estate Association (TREA) 1999-2010: Vice President of Academic Activities 1997-1998 Secretariat and Director of TREA 1994-1997 Director of TREA |
| 2009 | Judging Panel, Thailand Property Awards |
| 2020-present | Organized by Property Guru (Thailand) Company Limited |
| 2006 | SPEAKER FACULTY, ASIA PACIFIC REAL ESTATE CONGRESS, Euromoney Institutional Investor (Asia), November 30, 2006 at the Ritz-Carltion, Hong Kong |
| 2006-2020 | Board of Trade of Thailand, Real Estate Development Committee Design and Construction Committee Construction and Real Estate Committee |
| 2006 | Land Readjustment Sub-committee, Department of Civil and Urban Planning, Ministry of Interior, Property Valuation Sub-Committee |
| 2005-present | President of Sub-committee, Thai Housing Council |
| 2005-present | Committee, Board of Trade of Thailand, Real Estate Development Committee |
| 2005-present | Committee, the Royal Institute of Charter Surveyors (Thailand) |
| 1996-2002 | Sub-Director Engineering Institute of Thailand Civil Engineering Division Construction Engineering and Management Sub-Division |
| 1985-present | Professional Architecture License of Thailand |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
| 2007 | Project Manager Consultant to the Owner - Office 6 Story Building Project, Total area 3700 sq.m., Ratchadapisak Road, Bangkok |
| 2006 | Project Manager Consultant to the Owner - Office and Residential 7 Story Building Project, Total area 4700 sq.m., Bharomragchonnanee Road, Bangkok |
| 2005 | Project Manager Consultant to the Owner - Bangkok Crystal Head Quarter Building Complex Project, Total area 6000 sq.m., Ratchadabhisak Road, Bangkok |
| 2005 | Construction Manager Consultant to the Owner - 3 Story Commercial Building, Total area 2000 sq.m., Narathiwas Road, Bangkok |
| 2005 | Judge Committee, Building Design Competition, cooperation between the Association of Siamese Architect Under Royal Patronage and Bangkok Crystal Ltd. Co., |
| 2004-2005 | Construction Manager Consultant to the Owner - 6-Floor Office Building, 3000 sq.m., Naratiwat Road, Bangkok Constructed by Thai Takanaka International Construction Company - 6-Floor Residence Building, 2900 sq.m., Nang Lingee Road, Bangkok Constructed by Thai Takanaka International Construction Company |
| 2001-2004 | Construction Manager Patra Patana Construction Limited Partnership - Three-story office and car-showroom (Nissan), total area 1500 sq.m. - Three-story house, Rama III, Bangkok, total area of 380 square meter - Two-story house, Rama III, Bangkok, total area of 260 square meter |
| 1997-2000 | Construction Manager Nu-Home Construction Co. Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand - Construct Anaknitad Auditorium Building, Sukothai-Thammathirach University, Bangkok, Thailand |
| 1994-1997 | Assistant Managing Director Ruamchewa Co. Ltd., Real Estate Division, Bangkok, Thailand - Viang Tak II, Hotel Extension Project, Tak Province Project Manager 150-Room, Four-Star Hotel with an Entertainment Center - Kanganaburi Industrial Zone, Kanganaburi Province Consultant 600 Rai Industrial Zone with 300 units Commercial Buildings - Le Chalette Resort, Thonburi-Pagtor Road, Samut Sakorn Province Consultant 250 Rai Sport Resort Housing Project |
AWARD:
| 2009 | St. Thomas Aquinas Award for Research, AU (Assumption University) Awards for Excellence 2009 |
PROFESSIONAL DIPLOMA:
| 2007 | Building Safety Inspector Training Program, Batch #6, Engineering Institute of Thailand |
| 1998 | Lead Assessors Training Program, Batch #1, Engineering Institute of Thailand (EIT – CBO) |
BOOK:
| 2014, 2013 | “HOUSING PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN THAILAND”, Chularlongkorn University Press, ISBN 978-974-03-3083-7, 336 pages, ill.; 26 centimeters, Thai Language. 2014, January: 2nd edition, 1000 units 2013, May: 1st edition, 1000 units |
| 2008 | “BUILDING STRUCTURES FOR REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT”, ABAC University Press of Assumption University, ISBN 978-974-61-5292-1, 1st edition, 215 pages, ill.; 25 centimeters. |
JOURNAL ADVISOR / PEER REVIEWER:
| 2020-2024 | Vanichvatana, Sonthya. International Advisory Board, Journal of Surveying, Construction, and Property (JSCP), Faculty of Built Environment, University of Malaya, Malaysia. |
| 2020 | Vanichvatana, Sonthya. Peer Reviewer, Publons, Clarivate Analytic, Web of Science Group. |
RESEARCH / PUBLICATION:
| 2023 | Vanichvatana, S. (2023). Passion to Learn Well With Reflections of CGPA and Course Levels: Empirical Evidence. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 23(16). https://doi.org/10.33423/jhetp.v23i16.6476 [Scopus Q4] |
| 2022 | Vanichvatana, S. (2022). Management Facets of University Midnight Libraries in Thailand. Journal of Information Science, 40(2), 1-22, https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/jiskku/issue/view/17012 [TCI Tier1] |
| 2020 | Vanichvatana, S. (2020). How Social Network Applications Enhancing Team Project Collaborations at Home. Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 15(2), 386-398. https://doi.org/10.18844/wjet.v12i1.4416[Scopus Q3] |
| 2020 | Vanichvatana, S. (2020). Who uses home as informal learning spaces: A Bangkok private university case study. World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues, 12(1), 37-47. https://doi.org/10.18844/wjet.v12i1.4416 [Scopus Q4] |
| 2019 | Vanichvatana, S. (2019). Investigation of student’s preferences for off-campus informal learning spaces: The case of business school students in Bangkok. Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 14(4), 590-600. https://doi.org/10.18844/cjes.v11i4.4386 [Scopus Q3] |
| 2018 | Vanichvatana, S. (2018). Informal Learning Spaces For Undergraduate Business School: A Bangkok Private University Case Study. Journal of Engineering Science and Technology, Special Issue on i-CITE 2018, November (2018), 71-79. Retrieved from http://jestec.taylors.edu.my/Special%20Issue%20i-cite%202018.htm [Scopus Q2] |